Henry Clay Warmoth Papers
Collection 85
Warmoth, Henry Clay (1842–1931). Papers, 1798–1934
22 reels [Microfilm]
Warmoth, Henry Clay, carpetbagger, Reconstruction governor, planter, businessman. Born McLeansboro, Hamilton County, Ill., May 9, 1842; son of Isaac Sanders Warmoth and Eleanor Lane. Attended village schools in Fairfield, Wayne County, worked as typesetter and read law locally. Removed to Lebanon, Mo., in 1860; admitted to Missouri bar the same year. Civil War service in Union Army: lieutenant colonel in Thirty-second Missouri; assigned to the staff of Maj. Gen. John A. McClernaud during Vicksburg campaign, wounded in action; dishonorably discharged by U.S. Grant, reinstated by Lincoln; rejoined his regiment and commanded at Lookout Mountain; reinforced General Banks during Red River retreat; served as judge of the provost court, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, 1864; left the army and opened a law office in New Orleans in early 1865; took the lead in organizing Louisiana Grand Army of the Republic, chosen first Grand Commander in 1868. Political career as Republican: unofficial “Territorial delegate” to Congress, 1865; first Reconstruction governor, 1868-1872; state representative, 1877-1879; member of constitutional convention of 1879; Republican candidate for governor in 1888; collector of customs, New Orleans, 1890-1893. Married, May 30, 1877, Sally Durand of Neward N.J., daughter of James M. Durand. Three Children: Frank Sheridan, Reinette Lester, and Carroll Kennon. Business career: invested in Magnolia Plantation in early 1870s and became sole owner after Reconstruction; helped organize the Magnolia Sugar Refining Co., a consolidation of eight plantations; investigated beet-sugar industry in France and Germany in 1884 as official representative of U.S. Department of Agriculture; Washington lobbyist for Louisiana Sugar Planters’ Organization in 1890s. Died, New Orleans, September 30, 1931; interred Metairie Cemetery.
[Narrative taken from "A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography"]
The Warmoth papers have been filmed in two series: the correspondence and the volumes. Each series is independently arranged in chronological order. This collection consists of correspondence, journals, diaries, daybooks, ledgers, cashbook and other miscellaneous records.
Note: See control file for Guide to the Microfilm Edition of the Henry Clay Warmoth Papers.
Series:
A. | Correspondence | Reels 1 through 7 | |
B. | Volumes: journals, diaries, ledgers, daybooks, scrapbooks, miscellaneous | Reels 8 through 22 |
Inventory:
A. | Correspondence | |
Reel 1 | April 1798 - December 1868 | |
Reel 2 | January 1869 - December 1871 | |
Reel 3 | January 1872 - December 1874 | |
Reel 4 | January 1875 - December 1887 | |
Reel 5 | January 1888 - December 1889 | |
Reel 6 | January 1890 - December 1892 | |
Reel 7 | January 1893 - March 1934 | |
B. | Volumes | |
Reel 8 |
Louisiana slave records Journal of Magnolia Plantation Diary of Henry Clay Warmoth Notebook in a diary-book Magnolia Plantation, miscellaneous records Pocket account book |
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Reel 9 |
Accounts Minutes of the Union League Club of New Orleans Plantation Journals and Miscellaneous Records Ledger Daybook Plantation Journal |
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Reel 10 |
Minutes of the Board of Directors and Stockholders... Ledger Journal of Magnolia and other plantations Accounts Daybook Cashbook Cash account summary |
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Reel 11 |
Journal of Magnolia and other plantations Magnolia Sugar and Railroad Company Ledger Cashbook |
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Reel 12 |
Magnolia Plantation Journal Magnolia Plantation Time Book and Wage Account Journal of Magnolia and other plantations Ledger |
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Reel 13 |
Cashbook Journal of Magnolia and other plantations Plantation Journal Magnolia Plantation Journal |
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Reel 14 |
Journal of Magnolia and other plantations Ledger Cashbook |
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Reel 15 |
Ledger Journal of Magnolia Miscellaneous accounts Payroll and advances to labor |
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Reel 16 |
Miscellaneous accounts Daybook Ledger Cashbook Journal of Magnolia and other plantations Accounts Ledger Cash daybook |
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Reel 17 |
Journal of Magnolia Time Book Ledger Diary of Henry Clay Warmoth |
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Reel 18 | Diary and Clippings of Henry Clay Warmoth | |
Reel 19 | Diary and Clippings of Henry Clay Warmoth | |
Reel 20 | Materials relating to War, Politics, and Reconstruction | |
Reel 21 | Scrapbook | |
Reel 22 | Scrapbook | |